Sustainable management of tropical forests in Central Africa
Subtitle: in search of excellence
By: edited by Isabelle Amsallem ... [et al.].
Contributors: Amsallem, Isabelle.; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Series: FAO forestry paper,; 143
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Rome
Language: eng
Number of pages: 126
Subjects: Forests and forestry -- Africa, Central.
Description: To highlight numerous efforts undertaken in forest management, FAO launched an initiative entitled "In search of excellence" to identify and document successful examples of sustainable management. This book contains analyses in the form of 14 case studies. The management practices identified demonstrate the evolution of the forest sector in Central Africa.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Timber production: Lokoundjé-Nyong, Cameroon; title: Haut-Abanga, Gabon; title: Ngotto, Central African Republic; title: Pokola-Kabo-Loundoungou, Republic of the Congo. Planted forests and agroforests: Magara-Gashikanwa plantation, Burundi; title: Cocoa agroforestry systems, Cameroon. Protected areas: Kibira National Park, Burundi; title: Luba Crater Scientific Reserve, Equatorial Guinea; title: Lossi Gorilla Sanctuary, Republic of the Congo.; title: Community forests: Camp-Ma'an, Cameroon; title: Kilum-Ijim, Cameroon; title: Trinationale Agroforestry Cooperative community forest, Cameroon; title: Moangue le Bosquet, Cameroon; title: Mogroum forest pilot series, Chad.; title: Brief descriptions: So'o Lala Forest Reserve, Cameroon; title: Ndote, Equatorial Guinea; title: Eucalyptus du Congo; title: Kilibula plantation, Democratic Republic of the Congo; title: Ruhande Arboretum, Rwanda; title: Patte d'Oie Forest Reserve, Republic of the Congo; title: CODEVIR, Cameroon; title: Ngola and Achip, Cameroon; title: Nzienga-Mileme, Cameroon; title: Meme River Forest Reserve, Cameroon.